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The National's cult status is a cert

11.08.09
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Pull over, please, we need to talk

21.04.09
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Leonard Cohen back in Britain for open-air gig

15.04.09
Leonard Cohen is returning to Britain to play a one-off summer show... more

Off the record: My pop odyssey

20.03.09
It's a strange trip from Animal Collective to Leonard Cohen as David Smyth takes a tour of the new online music recommendation services.... more

Hallelujah takes glory as year's biggest single

29.12.08
Two British female singers who were unknowns last Christmas have become the biggest sellers of the year... more

Double Hallelujah at top of the Christmas charts

22.12.08
It was a double Hallelujah at the top of the charts as X Factor winner Alexandra Burke won the battle for Christmas number one ahead of Jeff Buckley's version of the song.... more

Hallelujah - at last a Christmas number one that touches a chord

19.12.08
Leonard Cohen’s anthem looks set to top the charts — and one fan of the veteran singer is delighted that a song long treasured by very few has touched so many... more

Hats off to men in ... hats

19.12.08
From fedoras to flat caps and trilbies to toppers — even David Beckham can see that a man isn’t dressed without one ... more

Alex: No sex... but I do have a few old flames

15.12.08
No-one can hold a candle to The X Factor winner Alexandra Burke - although the producers of her new video clearly tried their damnedest.... more

Brown beats Cameron in Google battle for 'most-searched'

10.12.08
In Google's annual "most searched for" popularity contest, Britain had an unlikely winner - beleaguered Prime Minister Gordon Brown... more

Off the record: Leonard Cohen gets the X factor

28.11.08
Cohen's Hallelujah is set to be the Christmas number one thanks to Simon Cowell. How did it become a universal anthem for our age?.... more

Retro rockets on full power: Last Shadow Puppets

27.10.08
The Last Shadow Puppets is a side-project which deserves to be more than a footnote of the Arctic Monkeys.... more

Teddy Thompson is rising son

03.10.08
Despite a preponderance of pony-tailed men, the crowd were as giving as Teddy Thompson at the Scala, says John Aizlewood.... more

Hallelujah! Cohen keeps fans happy with third O2 gig

08.08.08
Leonard Cohen, the man behind some of the world's most memorably miserable ballads, is proving so popular he has announced an extra London gig this autumn... more

Taxpayers' O2 Arena deal hits a sour note

25.07.08
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Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen

18.07.08
After three hours, one interval and four encores Leonard Cohen ran off stage; leaving an audience overpowered by a magnificent performance.... more

Lizz Wright sings the blues away

15.07.08
Jack Massarik wonders whether any other singer has dispensed heartbreak in such lavish proportions as Lizz Wright.... more

Bitter sweet Glastonbury: The Verve, Franz and Jay-Z prove this is still the best of festivals

30.06.08
The jury was out on Glastonbury this year. For the first year in 15, the festival hadn't sold out. But it remains the biggest and the best. ... more

Beauty, beast and boredom

11.06.08
The formula that worked so well for Robert Plant and Alison Krauss does not do so for Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan.... more

Off the record

30.05.08
My Morning Jacket perform a gorgeous new song in the back of a cab and the Connaught has a musical makeover.... more

Ideal way to chill out

12.05.08
With Leonard Cohen amongst performers, The Big Chill is a nicely low-key option for those who can't bear the frenzy of larger festivals.... more

James Blunt and Shakin' Stevens head Glastonbury's strangest (and most middle-aged) line-up yet

28.04.08
Glastonbury's strangest line-up yet has been released early after it was leaked online by the NME. As well as the more traditional rock acts, festival organisers have stunned fans with the surprising inclusion of Shakin' Stevens and James Blunt on the bill... more

Sixties crooner Leonard Cohen makes comeback concert tour

12.03.08
His morose tones attracted a cult following in the 1960s. Now at the pensionable age of 73, Leonard Cohen is set to make a comeback more than 40 years after he first took to the stage ... more

Rush for registration

10.03.08
Registration for Glastonbury ends at midnight on 14 March. So get online now to ensure you're in the running on 6 April when tickets go on sale.... more

kd lang is smooth, smoky but never crude

31.01.08
Making her comeback at the Hammersmith Apollo, kd lang showed she still easily outclasses many of her younger rivals.... more

Joy of Folk-punk

15.11.07
Two Gallants' brand of folk-punk is not for the faint-hearted but they still pack a considerable punch when it comes to live performance. ... more

Broad range of fresh talent

01.05.07
A refreshing event at which musicianship was a higher priority than hype, Longing For Latitude was a showcase for some hotly-tipped, up-and-coming acts.... more

Hallelujah for magical Ms Williams

19.03.07
In a world where everything has to be louder and better, struggling to hear Kathryn Williams' music was wonderfully perverse, says Joe Muggs.... more

A singer on Holiday

14.12.06
Madeleine Peyroux's fans have been warned there is a temperamental artiste lurking beneath her unglamorous exterior but there was no evidence of volatility on her visit to the Barbican.... more

Never mind the B**bican

19.09.06
Punk rock, the raucous voice of rebellion in the Seventies, is to be celebrated with an exhibition at one of Britain's most august arts institutions.... more

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